field hockey ball

2.9

A small hard round object that players hit in field hockey

noun
/fiːld ˈhɒki bɔːl/

: pelota de hockey sobre césped

During the match, the striker hit the field hockey ball straight into the goal.

Examples

She bought a new field hockey ball before the tournament started.
He kicked the field hockey ball into the goal.
The coach collected all the field hockey balls after practice.
The field hockey balls are stored in the shed.
The players passed the field hockey ball quickly across the pitch during the match.
In field hockey, a field hockey ball is used to score goals by hitting it into the net.
He carefully packed his gear, making sure to include his field hockey ball for practice.

Synonyms

ball

vsfield hockey ball

∞ 1.0

A round object used in games like football or tennis

is a small hard round object used only in one specific outdoor stick sport

Surface Forms

field hockey ball singular

field hockey balls plural

Morphology

field + hockey + ball

The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'field hockey' names the sport and 'ball' denotes the play object, so 'field hockey ball' straightforwardly refers to the ball used in that sport. This noun-compound composition is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English compounding patterns, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the parts.

Etymology

Field hockey ball gets its name from playing hockey on a field, outside on grass, rather than on ice, and from the game of hockey using sticks and a small hard ball that rolls well on the ground. That's why it means 'a hard, small ball used for playing field hockey'.